On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:13:18 +0100 Florian Steurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi! > I try to write a backup (shell-)script and use the "scp"-command. It > asks for a password, how can I automize the passwort prompt -> I mean > that the password is direct read from the shell script, without > prompting. I tried something with pipes and > < , but doesn't work. I > also tried the -B option...without any success... > thanks for helping If you set up correctly the files on ~/.ssh, you shouldn't need a password at all, although it won't work for root. But I didn't try it. YMMV. -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help shit .